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Saint-Pourçain rouge

Clos de Breuilly's red Saint Pourçain is a blend of Gamay and Pinot noir, aged in stainless steel tank.

Saint-Pourçain AOP

Terroir

Grapes are harvested exclusively from the estate's vineyard.

From 350m to 360m
Gentle slope, c. 5%
South
60% sand, 25% silt, 15% clay on a subsoil of altered granitic and metamorphic rocks (gneiss)
Between 1960 and 2005
Etiquette Saint-Pourçain rouge

Viticulture

Clos de Breuilly's vines are cultivated organically (farming is certified organic by FR-Bio-10 Agriculture France)

Cordon-trained vines with trellising
Guyot-Poussard
Disbudding, green harvesting
Harvest by hand with sorting at the vine

Vinification and Ageing

15 days in stainless steel tank. Pump-over morning and evening with an R'Pulse pump. No punch-down.

10 months in stainless steel tanks
Gently filtered

Analysis Before Bottling

0.5 g/l
3.55
25 mg/l
45 mg/l
850 mg/l

Summary

70% Gamay, 30% Pinot noir
September 15-18, 2023
July 24, 2023
Natural cork Trescases 49/24
7 020 bouteilles
35 hl/ha
13.5% vol

Vinification and Ageing

15 days in stainless steel tank. Pump-over morning and evening with an R'Pulse pump. No punch-down.

10 months in stainless steel tanks
Gently filtered

Analysis Before Bottling

0.5 g/l
3.35
25 mg/l
50 mg/l
950 mg/l

Summary

70% Gamay, 30% Pinot noir
September 8-12, 2022
August 4, 2023
Natural cork Trescases 49/24
16 200 bouteilles
35 hl/ha
12.5% vol

Vinification and Ageing

15 days in stainless steel tank. Pump-over morning and evening with an R'Pulse pump. No punch-down.

10 months: Gamay in concrete tanks, Pinot noir in oak barrels from Ateliers Centre France (Tronçais forest)

Gently filtered

Analysis Before Bottling

<2 g/l
3.45
25 mg/l
60 mg/l
800 mg/l

Summary

70% Gamay, 30% Pinot noir
September 23-25, 2021
July 22, 2022
Natural cork Francisco Sagrera 49/24
2 570 bottles
13 hl/ha
13% vol

Vinification and Ageing

15 days in enamelled tank, 20% whole bunches. Pump-over morning and evening with an R'Pulse pump. No punch-down.

10 months in enamelled tank

Not fined, not filtered

Analysis Before Bottling

<0.2 g/l
3.63
<10 mg/l (LQ)
<10 mg/l (LQ)
1000 mg/l

Summary

70% Gamay, 30% Pinot noir
September 15-18, 2022
September 3, 2021
Natural cork Francisco Sagrera 49/24
6 000 bottles
17 hl/ha
15.5% vol